Caroline Adhiambo Shirima, FNPBC MSN| Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
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Caroline Adhiambo Shirima

Caroline Adhiambo Shirima, FNPBC MSN
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health

4.8 out of 5 (332 reviews)

Specialties: Geriatric Medicine

Languages: English

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Clinical areas of focus

  • Advance Directive Planning
  • Geriatric Health Screening
  • Mental Health Medication Management
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Conditions and procedures

Conditions I treat

  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Anemia
  • Bladder Incontinence
  • Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
  • Cataract
  • Chronic Constipation
  • Chronic Gout
  • Chronic Pain Management For Older Adults
  • Cognitive Function Disorders
  • Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
  • Dementia
  • Depression
  • Eyelid Disorders
  • Falls And Gait Disorders
  • Foot Care For Older Adults
  • Frailty Syndrome
  • Geriatric Depression
  • Gout
  • Head Injury
  • Hip Fracture
  • Hip Osteoarthritis
  • Knee Pain
  • Malaise And Fatigue
  • Osteoporosis
  • Palliative Care For Older Adults
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Polyosteoarthritis
  • Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
  • Rib And Sternum Fracture
  • Secondary Parkinsonism
  • Shoulder Joint Pain
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Spondylopathies
  • Subclinical Hypothyroidism
  • Vascular Dementia
  • Wound Care For Older Adults
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Procedures I perform

  • Advance Directive Planning
  • Aging Life Care
  • Anxiety Treatment
  • Balance And Coordination Training
  • Balance And Gait Disorders
  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Cardiovascular Health Promotion
  • Care Coordination Consultation
  • Care For Persons With Adjustment Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Aggression
  • Care For Persons With Agitation
  • Care For Persons With Alzheimer's Disease
  • Care For Persons With Anxiety
  • Care For Persons With Arthritis
  • Care For Persons With Chronic Conditions
  • Care For Persons With Cognitive Decline
  • Care For Persons With Dementia
  • Care For Persons With Dementia-Related Behaviors
  • Care For Persons With Depression
  • Care For Persons With Developmental Disabilities
  • Care For Persons With Disabilities
  • Care For Persons With End-Of-Life Needs
  • Care For Persons With Falls
  • Care For Persons With Fibromyalgia
  • Care For Persons With Fractures
  • Care For Persons With Incontinence
  • Care For Persons With Mental Health Conditions
  • Care For Persons With Osteoporosis
  • Care For Persons With Ostomies
  • Care For Persons With Pain
  • Care For Persons With Sensory Impairments
  • Care For Persons With Substance Use Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Swallowing Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Trauma
  • Care For Persons With Trauma-Related Disorders
  • Care For Persons With Wounds
  • Care Handoff
  • Care Management
  • Case Management
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Cognitive Restructuring
  • Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
  • Community Health Education
  • Depression Treatment
  • Diabetes Management
  • Disease Prevention
  • Disease Prevention Programs
  • Environmental Modification
  • Flexibility Exercises
  • Frailty Assessment And Management
  • Functional Status Assessment
  • Gastrointestinal Therapy
  • Geriatric Care Management
  • Geriatric Health Maintenance
  • Geriatric Health Screening
  • Geriatric Home Repair And Modification
  • Geriatric Orthopedic Care
  • Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
  • Graston Technique
  • Grief And Bereavement Support
  • Grief Counseling
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Guided Imagery
  • Gynecological Cancer Screening
  • Habit Training
  • Health Promotion Counseling
  • Heart Failure Medication Management
  • High Cholesterol Management
  • Home Modifications
  • Home Safety Evaluations
  • Huntington's Disease Management
  • Hypertension Treatment
  • Immunization Administration
  • Inpatient Palliative Care
  • Inpatient Rehabilitation
  • Live-In Care
  • Massage Therapy
  • Massage Therapy For Chronic Pain
  • Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
  • Mental Health Counseling For Individuals
  • Mental Health Medication Management
  • Mental Wellness Programs
  • Muscle Injection
  • Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
  • Non-Pharmacological Interventions
  • Nutrition Counseling
  • Orthopedic Physical Therapy
  • Orthopedic Rehabilitation
  • Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
  • Pain Medication Management
  • Palliative Care
  • Palliative Care Coordination
  • Palliative Care Services
  • Pancreatic Disease Management
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Peer Support Groups
  • Pet Therapy
  • Pharmacological Therapy
  • Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Management
  • Preventive Action
  • Problem-Focused Coping
  • Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  • Range Of Motion Exercises
  • Recreational Therapy
  • Rehabilitative Technology
  • Restorative Services
  • Risk Assessment
  • Self-Care Training
  • Shiatsu Massage
  • Skilled Care
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Social Activities
  • Speech Therapy
  • Speech Therapy For Language Disorders
  • Sti Treatment
  • Subacute Care
  • Tai Chi Therapy
  • Therapeutic Recreation
  • Transitional Care Planning
  • Urinary Incontinence Treatment
  • Vaccinations
  • Validation Therapy
  • Visualization Therapy
  • Wellness Services
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Practice locations

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5601 Loch Raven Blvd
Russell Morgan Bldg Ste 502
Baltimore, MD, 21239

443-444-4720
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Fax 443-444-2110

10450 Lottsford Rd
Center for Successful Aging at Collington
Mitchellville, MD, 20721

301-925-7791
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Fax 301-570-7403

Insurance

MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.

  • List of insurance plans we accept
    • CIGNA POS/Network POS
    • First Health PPO
    • Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
    • United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
    • Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
    • Choice POS II
    • CIGNA Indemnity
    • Aetna Better Health of MD
    • Aetna Better Health of VA
    • CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
    • Erickson Advantage Plans
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
    • CareFirst MedStar PPO
    • Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
    • Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
    • OA Plus
    • Optimum Choice
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
    • CareFirst EPO
    • BlueChoice Open Access
    • Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
    • Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
    • HealthyBlue PPO
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
    • CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus
    • CIGNA HMO Open Access
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
    • Beech Street PPO
    • Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
    • Medicare Direct
    • CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
    • United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
    • CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
    • Humana Gold Plus HMO
    • Navigate
    • Medicare FFS
    • DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
    • TRICARE East Prime
    • CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
    • IH-EPO Plus
    • HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
    • United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
    • MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
    • Amerigroup DC Alliance
    • UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
    • Aetna Premier 200PD
    • United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
    • Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
    • HumanaChoice PPO
    • CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
    • United Student Resources
    • WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
    • TRICARE for Life East
    • Core Essential (HMO)
    • Aetna VA Exchange
    • Coventry Health Care of Virginia
    • Advantra Platinum (PPO)
    • Health Services for Children with Special Needs
    • Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
    • HighMark
    • Aetna Classic 5000PD
    • Kaiser Permanente Select
    • Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
    • Aetna Classic 5000
    • Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
    • CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
    • POS OA
    • Choice Fund PPO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
    • Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
    • Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
    • CareFirst NASCO
    • CareFirst Administrators
    • Employee Health Plan
    • IH-Open POS Plus
    • CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
    • Network OA
    • Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
    • Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
    • Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
    • HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
    • Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
    • Choice POS
    • Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
    • Sentara Health
    • Choice POS II Open Access
    • Maryland Physicians Care MCO
    • IH-HMO
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
    • Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
    • IH-Network Only Plus
    • TRICARE East Select
    • IH-PPO
    • CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
    • Tricare Reserve Select
    • United Healthcare Choice
    • IH-Open HMO
    • Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
    • Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
    • CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
    • IH-Open EPO Plus
    • Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350
    • AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
    • Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
    • TriWest Healthcare Alliance
    • IH-POS
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
    • Options PPO Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
    • Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
    • Police and Fire Clinic
    • Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
    • MultiPlan, Inc
    • Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
    • CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
    • CIGNA PPO
    • BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
    • Aetna Classic 3500
    • NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
    • Aetna Student Health Insurance
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
    • Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature
    • Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
    • Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
    • Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
    • CIGNA Connect EPO
    • Aetna Basic
    • CareFirst Blue Card Program
    • Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
    • CIGNA EPO
    • Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
    • Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
    • Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
    • First Health PPO
    • M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
    • Aetna Advantage 6350PD
    • AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
    • Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
    • Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
    • CIGNA PPO Plus
    • Geisinger Medicare Advantage
    • CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
    • United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
    • Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
    • Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
    • Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
    • IH-POS Plus
    • United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
    • BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
    • Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
    • Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
    • Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
    • United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
    • IH-Open POS II
    • CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
    • UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
    • Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
    • MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
    • Aetna Advantage 5750
    • OCI Direct (HMO)
    • Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
    • Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
    • IH-Open HMO Option
    • CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
    • MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
    • Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
    • United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
    • Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
    • IH-Indemnity
    • Blue Choice Advantage
    • UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
    • Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
    • M.D. IPA (HMO)
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
    • UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
    • United Healthcare Options (PPO)
    • UHC Passport
    • IH-Open Network Only Plus

Education

Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Graduate: Bowie State University (2014)

Ratings and reviews

  • Explanations the care provider gave you about your problem or condition

    4.8
  • Extent to which the care provider listened to you

    4.9
  • Care provider’s discussion of any proposed treatment (options, risks, benefits, etc.)

    4.8
  • Provider included you in decisions

    4.8
  • Concern the care provider showed for your questions or worries

    4.9
  • Likelihood of recommending this care provider to others

    4.8
  • Apr 8, 2026

    Excellent visit

  • Apr 3, 2026

    I have found that Caroline Shirima is always careful to listen, to look at all the data regarding my health, and by taking the time to take that care has frequently been the medical practicioner who finds a solution to whatever issues I am facing. This was a routine checkup following the clinic's evlauation of my overall health as requiring frequent followup, and she was thorough today as she always is.

  • Mar 27, 2026

    Always very good!